Man convicted in robbery

Jeffrey Hunnings

By Daily News Staff - LocalDesk@JDNews.com

Published: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at 05:55 PM.

A Chocowinity man has been convicted for a December 2013 robbery in Carteret County.

Jeffrey Hunnings, 34, was convicted last week in Carteret County Superior Court of the common law robbery of the CVS store in Beaufort and of trafficking in opium by possession of 350 Oxycodone pills taken in the robbery, according to information from the office of District Attorney Scott Thomas.

Hunnings was sentenced to a minimum of 70 months and maximum of 84 months in prison.

Hunnings went to the store’s pharmacy and demanded the pills. He told employees that he had a gun but did not.

According to initial information from police, officers found Hunnings, who matched the suspect description, minutes after the robbery walking near Beaufort Elementary School.

He attempted to resist Beaufort Capt. Joseph Washington but was apprehended and arrested at that time.

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A Chocowinity man has been convicted for a December 2013 robbery in Carteret County.

Jeffrey Hunnings, 34, was convicted last week in Carteret County Superior Court of the common law robbery of the CVS store in Beaufort and of trafficking in opium by possession of 350 Oxycodone pills taken in the robbery, according to information from the office of District Attorney Scott Thomas.

Hunnings was sentenced to a minimum of 70 months and maximum of 84 months in prison.

Hunnings went to the store’s pharmacy and demanded the pills. He told employees that he had a gun but did not.

According to initial information from police, officers found Hunnings, who matched the suspect description, minutes after the robbery walking near Beaufort Elementary School.

He attempted to resist Beaufort Capt. Joseph Washington but was apprehended and arrested at that time.